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Here are descriptions of every setup items: 
 
Item Name Description 
Add Click this button to add a network device, and 
you can set detailed network information like 
name and IP address for it. Click ‘Apply’ 
button to save changes and new setting will 
take effect until next login. 
DEL  Click this button to delete all settings assigned 
to the network device. 
Device Name  You can give this device a name as memory 
aid. Also, if the type of UPnP device is not 
identified by this broadband router, a question 
mark (
) will appear to the left of device’s 
name. You can click the question mark, several 
icons will appear and you can pick an icon that 
is able to represents this device. 
Config  Click ‘Config’ button to connect to the web 
configuration interface of UPnP device. 
Upload / Download 
Please click red dot 
 
(located at the right of ‘Upload’), and a new 
pop-up window will be shown. Please check 
‘Enable QoS’ box to enable QoS bandwidth 
control function for this device, and select the 
upload / download bandwidth you wish to 
assign to this device from dropdown list. 
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to access the network at certain time period. 
Click ‘Set’ button and a new window will 
appear with three time-selection options: 
 
No Block: Do not block this UPnP device. 
 
Time Interval: This UPnP device will be 
blocked during the time period you specified. 
Please input ‘from’ and ‘to’ hour in two 
respective fields of this item by 24 hours 
format. 
 
Always: This UPnP device will be blocked 
permanently. 
 
Click ‘Apply’ to save changes you made, or 
click ‘Cancel’ to close pop-up window and 
discard changes. 
DMZ  Select ‘DMZ’ to set this device as a DMZ 
server. 
 
Please note that you can only set one DMZ 
server at the same time. 
Port Forwarding  You can set the port-forwarding rules for this 
device. Click ‘Set’ and a new pop-up window 
will shown, you can set up to 5 sets of 
port-forwarding rules for this device. You can 
click ‘Apply’ in port-forwarding setting window 
to save changes, or click ‘Cancel’ to close 
window and discard changes. 
 
You can also click ‘View’ to view current 
port-forwarding rules for this device.  
 
You can click ‘Refresh’ button to rescan all UPnP-compatible devices on 
network,  
 
  
						

							 
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When you finished with the settings in this page, you can click ‘Apply’ 
button to save changes you made in this page, or you can click ‘Cancel’ 
to discard changes. After you click ‘Apply’ button, you’ll see the 
following messages: 
 
 
 
 
Please click ‘Apply’ to save changes you made and restart the broadband 
router, this requires about 30 seconds and the broadband router will stop 
responding (this is normal and is not malfunction). You can reconnect to 
this broadband router and continue on other settings later.  
						

							 
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Chapter V: Status 
 
In this menu, you can check the operation status of this broadband router. 
To view the status, follow the following instructions: 
 
1. Click ‘Status’ button from main menu: 
 
 
 
2. The basic system information will be shown: 
 
 
  
						

							 
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You can check the system uptime and firmware version of this broadband 
router. If you need detailed information about Internet connection or 
system usage log, please choose one of them and click ‘Apply’. If you 
want to go back to previous page, please click ‘Previous’. 
 
 
  
						

							 
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5-1 Internet Connection 
 
This page shows the current status of Internet connection. 
 
  
						

							 
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5-2 Device Status 
 
This page shows current wireless LAN and wired LAN configuration. 
 
  
						

							 
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5-3 System Log 
 
This page shows all logged system information. You can use scroll bar to 
view the logs, or click ‘Save’ to download the log file to your computer. 
You can also click ‘Clear’ to remove all logs, or click ‘Refresh’ to reload 
logs. 
 
  
						

							 
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5-4 Security Log 
 
This page shows all logged security-related information. You can use 
scroll bar to view the logs, or click ‘Save’ to download the log file to your 
computer. You can also click ‘Clear’ to remove all logs, or click ‘Refresh’ 
to reload logs. 
 
  
						

							 
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5-5 Active  DHCP  Client 
 
This page shows all current DHCP clients. You can click ‘Refresh’ to 
reload the list.